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What Goes Up (2009)

What Goes Up poster
Directed by
Jonathan Glatzer
Genre
drama film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A disgraced journalist takes a job at a small-town high school in the 1980s. He becomes entangled with a group of troubled students and their secrets.

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What happens

What Goes Up is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Glatzer and starring Hilary Duff, Steve Coogan, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, and Molly Shannon. It was co-written by Glatzer and Robert Lawson and distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Coogan also serves as an executive producer. It premiered on May 8, 2009 at the 3rd Annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. What Goes Up was released in the US through Sony Pictures and Three Kings Productions in select theaters on May 29, 2009 and expanded to more theaters the following week. The film grossed $5,290 in its opening weekend, and was panned by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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